first name
SHERRY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 187,596 people named Sherry, 82.7% reported their origin as White, 9.4% as Black and 3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sherry peaked in 1962, when 9,261 babies got the name.
At least 230,913 babies have been given the name since 1909. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Sherry by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #101. The largest share of babies named Sherry, 57.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sherry is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sherry has been most common in Tennessee (1.9×), Kentucky (1.8×), and West Virginia (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.41×).
227,095 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Sherry
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sherry, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sherry ranks #4,964 of 156,621, with 6,855 people. See Sherry as a last name
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